Gerald L Marsh wrote:
>
> Except for the entry level CW testing @ 5WPM, why don't we do away with
> CW testing altogether . . . . .
>
> and replace it with another kind of testing?
>
> Instead of 13 and 20 WPM testing, why not substitute actual CW use on the
> air?
>
> Aren't we supposed to be fostering real radio operating skill (read the
> intro to Part 97) as a part of our "incentive" licensing?
>
> I'd have to admit I passed my tests by drilling, drilling, drilling on a
> computer. Does that make me a competent CW operator? (You guess)
>
> Room for fraud, you say?
>
> Hmmmm.
>
> AA7UF
> Jerry Marsh
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Yes I agree.... We should go back to the way it was 20 plus years ago.
A new Ham should be a Novice and go back to CW only, one year! This
way when the ham wants to upgrade he/she will be ready, will continue to
work CW and may even pick up a mic? Also no renewed Novice, upgrade or
lose the ticket. This crap when they changed it Tech-no code, these are
the people that want
something for nothing, it they want HF freq.(with no or little code)
they can go to 27 Mhz. and use all the HF they want. The computer
training.. another good one. I hear on our local 2 meter repeators,
"Extras" that dont know what an "IF" is and the person he was talking to
was an Advanced wondering why
his signal was so bad into the repeator(he was runing over 100 watts).
I think what we have are people that have just memorized answers to both
the written and Cw test, they can take the test every week now. We had
to wait one month.
--
Rich Wilkerson, WD6FDD, Santee, Ca.
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